Perhaps it is because I have spent so much of my life studying national security advisors, but I can't minimize my contempt for Mike Flynn nor my outrage at his behavior–regardless of his cooperation with Mueller.

Who can take the marketsAnd tank them with a tweetMake the people pay for all the soybeans they won't eatThe Tariff Man can, The Tariff Man canThe Tariff Man can 'cause he mixes it all upIn his bigly good brain https://t.co/sxHrt1xWV8

And I think it's gonna be a short, short time'Til Mueller brings us all around to findHe's not the man he said he was at allOh, no no noHe's the Tariff Man!Tariff man, burning down our country on his own.

Fun fact: After his big 1981 tax cut, Reagan raised taxes 11 times due to deficit concerns.Funner fact: He euphemized tax hikes as "revenue enhancements," "receipts strengthening."Funnest fact: Guy who came up with these euphemisms was Larry Kudlowhttps://t.co/1aTLLvXdDE

Students at Dover High-school in NH sing racist lyrics that included, ‘‘KKK, KKK, let’s kill all the blacks,’’ to the tune of ‘‘Jingle Bells” in their history class as other students laugh. The teacher who allowed this is currently on paid leave.pic.twitter.com/C4pk7Jg7KM

Ross Douthat's "Why We Miss The WASPs" column is truly remarkable because it is both utter, racist garbage and is also probably the closest I've seen a conservative get to vocalizing their actual worldview while also explaining what's wrong with this country. 1/

Who can take the marketsAnd tank them with a tweetMake the people pay for all the soybeans they won't eatThe Tariff Man can, The Tariff Man canThe Tariff Man can 'cause he mixes it all upIn his bigly good brain https://t.co/sxHrt1xWV8

Sexism is when Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders don't have to explain their support and vote for The Crime Bill, but Hillary Clinton had to explain why her husband signed The Crime Bill Bernie Sanders voted for and campaigned on while Joe Biden authored the Crime Bill & voted for it.

@Teri_Kanefield and I explained here this fall that Manafort, Flynn and other co-conspirators are still on the hook for so many crimes in so many states that neither a pardon nor Gamble can save them: https://t.co/p3x2xwgE7S

Financial documents reveal that Milo, the once-darling of the so-called 'Alt-Lite', had a personal debt of $496,000, a figure that included $47,499.63 owed on his credit card and $20,000 owed to the jewellers Cartier.

As Democratic candidates prepare to take three statewide offices — governor, attorney general and secretary of state — Republican lawmakers introduced bills to challenge and diminish their authority.https://t.co/FKAdkHHkIU

This is kind of an amazing episode. NYC's emergency management commissioner was apparently fired by de Blasio's deputy while the mayor was politicking with Bernie Sanders in Vermont. The commissioner says he hasn't talked to the mayor and isn't sure if he's really fired. Day 4! https://t.co/C7Fiiu4Ags

Needs reiterated here that Trump's speeches in Summer of 2016 were so bizarrely focused on Russia and undermining NATO's power and influence that staffers inside his campaign started worrying that something nefarious might be taking place. https://t.co/XD4JlDZKD1

So Trump's defense in the aftermath of Cohen's plea deal:– Cohen is liar and weak– He hired him because a "long time ago he did me a favor."– Everyone knew about the Moscow project. – Even if Cohen is right, "it doesn’t matter. "There would have been nothing wrong."

President Trump’s recent, rabid tweeting at Mueller reflects how nervous he is about the vise tightening around Manafort, Stone, Don Jr., and others in his orbit. My column today: https://t.co/ZW2ERl792p

“I will get Putin on this program and we will get Donald elected,” (Felix) Sater emailed (Michael) Cohen. “Buddy our boy can become President of the USA and we can engineer it. I will get all of Putins [sic] team to buy in on this.” https://t.co/AxCmUQDWgk

The Trump camp was so caught off guard by Cohen's plea, they didn't have time to hide him from public sight and keep him away from microphones where he would (and is) compulsively and blatantly lying on the fly. https://t.co/OEqeJaRXCh

Multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein was accused of sexually assaulting dozens of teen girls. Their stories were dismissed by prosecutors, who cut Epstein a lenient deal. His victims have never had a voice, until now.

Police found over 50 firearms – including AK-47s and sniper rifles – and Nazi memorabilia in the home of a California man charged with making criminal threats to kill. “I can’t even put into words what could’ve been forthcoming,” an officer said.https://t.co/UgcJmCMnWWpic.twitter.com/dArHwuHwqs

No one is more attuned to the popular political winds than people who yak on TV for money. So when the mainstream right starts to peel away from Trump – and I think that's coming, but slowly – it won't be the brave lions of the Senate leading the way. It'll be Fox News talkies.

My god. This is just so typical of the @NYTimes. Pelosi won *more* votes and had *fewer* "nos" than Ryan in 2015, but Ryan won "overwhelming support" while Pelosi had "significant defections" pic.twitter.com/nWeHsupIEW

#HillaryClinton had to navigate the waves of #misogyny and she had to deal with things no male candidate ever had to: if she attacked her opposition, she'd be viewed as a cold bitch. So Sanders got a pass.He won't in 2020. But it's not just Sanders.https://t.co/2IcfJRV6Md

I saw Jim Quarles, the Mueller investigator sparring with Trump's lawyers over the written questions, calmly carrying soup into the Mueller offices yesterday afternoon. He was wearing a North Face sweater vest. https://t.co/G6vSRKN32p

Note that just yesterday, two Daily Caller propagandists lobbed Trump a softball about potential Whitaker replacements, and Trump, unprompted, confessed that Whitaker's appointment was all about Mueller. pic.twitter.com/23Q4vpxdAe

This story on @facebook reveals vicious and false black ops attack they launched against George Soros to discredit critics during Russia probe. Disturbing tactics that Sheryl Sandberg and Jeff Zuckerberg need to be called to account on today@NYTimeshttps://t.co/9lsdcnP0Cf

One Republican tells VF Trump didn't want to go to the cemetery in France was because there wasn't a tent to stand under. "He was worried his hair was going to get messed up in the rain," the source said. "Everyone was telling him this was a big mistake." https://t.co/UrJsY1A7W8

This would be harder to believe if Trump hadn’t publicly admitted a few weeks ago he considered canceling his public events on day of largest mass killing of Jews in US history because the rain got his hair wet https://t.co/qpplbgwqmo

"Trump told aides he thought he looked “terrible” and blamed his chief of staff’s office…for not counseling him that skipping the cemetery visit would be a public-relations nightmare."https://t.co/ipu4qmAqv0

By this point, the main difference between the President of the United States and the half-naked old dude with delirium tremens ranting on Haight Street is that POTUS has a nuclear arsenal. https://t.co/1dz6swy8gI

The violent fascists on the extreme right —who, you know, have MURDERED DOZENS OF PEOPLE— are licking their chops over this. This is what liberal hand-wringing and "both sides"-isms gets you. https://t.co/FOZQY1vjgh

Donald Trump Jr. has become his father’s top surrogate for a Republican Party that is making the same journey he did: from rejection and rebellion to acceptance and, ultimately, to remaking itself in the president’s image. https://t.co/xrnvN6KSq6

Galvanized by a voter ID law, Native Americans turned out in record numbers in North Dakota — and a Native American woman unseated the law's architect. Ruth Buffalo became the 1st Native American Democratic woman elected to the N. Dakota Legislature. https://t.co/vKqNI8x9CV

While Bernie gives impassioned speeches about the threat posed by the global right wing, their authoritarian supporters, and internationalized oligarchy, the Sanders Institute promotes Tulsi Gabbard—an enabler of these very same forces. pic.twitter.com/wcK6dOxGyR

Not really tracking this whole Pelosi-as-speaker thing. But really: the most effective speaker in modern history, who just oversaw a highly effective campaign, and is still vigorous. Yes, Republicans demonize her. So? Why on earth not use her demonstrated skills for now?

When Dems take back WH, at top of agenda will be comprehensive election reform – including automatic voter registration. Until then, @marceelias is slugging it out, state by state, to protect voting rights for millions of Americans. We all owe him a debthttps://t.co/3LyyuSQsAB

WSJ reporting that Trump personally directed efforts to silence Stormy Daniels earlier this year — an effort that appears to have further entangled the Trump Organization in the matter: https://t.co/EUlrBiRJ0G

Trump in February directed Michael Cohen to obtain a restraining order to stop Stormy Daniels from describing her alleged sexual encounter with the president. He told Cohen to coordinate his response with Eric Trump, who is running Trump Org. https://t.co/lYcDbCVg97

Breaking: White House authorizes FBI to expand its abbreviated investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against Kavanaugh by interviewing anyone it deems necessary as long the review is finished by the end of the week. ⁦@nytmike⁩ https://t.co/5k41imQ2UE

As Brett Kavanaugh's college freshman roommate, I was never contacted by the FBI for any of their background checks. I assume college behavior was not a topic of interest. They did not find Debbie's story because they were not looking for it.

Update: When asked, Kavanaugh told committee staff Sept. 25th he was “probably” at a wedding with Ramirez. “I am sure I saw her because it wasn’t a huge wedding,” but “doesn’t have a specific recollection.” Texts show his team had the photo, from a friend, at least since Sept. 22 https://t.co/yQVYmHlmbp

CNN: Debbie Ramirez supplied an “extensive” list of witnesses to the FBI, containing more than 12 names. The list included people Ramirez says were in the room that night, people with whom Ramirez discussed the incident contemporaneously, as well as people who had heard about.

"Texts between friends of Kavanaugh… suggest that the nominee was personally talking with former classmates about Ramirez’s story in advance of the New Yorker article that made her allegation public." https://t.co/8J8MnYkraU

What Kavanaugh said in his Fox News interview is now actual evidence under “penalty of felony,” @7im points out—noting that “this means that the credibility-straining claims Kavanaugh made on the network could now place him in legal jeopardy.” Fascinating. https://t.co/jhw69yLVLd

the widening recognition that Kavanaugh wasn’t straight under oath w/Judiciary Committee is becoming its own separate problem for his nomination whatever this week’s limited FBI investigation turns up on sexual misconduct allegations https://t.co/SqIrFCfrOu

"The things she’s highlighting that say that Dr. Ford is not credible are the very things she has taught me to ignore,”says Mitchell protege. "She’s abandoned what she knows to be true in favor of being a political operative.” @emmersbrown@seungminkimhttps://t.co/54aGl3qRIe

A reasonable prosecutor would not bring charges based on the current information. I doubt one could bring charges after a full investigation. It is not about that now. It is about Kavanaugh, for reasons known only to him, telling easily impeachable lies.

Down the dark hole of phony narrative goes the #Republican Party, fighting to deliver a friendly judge to its big donors by any means necessary. No below-the-belt punch is beyond them on this. https://t.co/dGzu2uCJAO

The president has long sold himself as a self-made billionaire, but a Times investigation found that he received at least $413 million in today’s dollars from his father’s real estate empire, much of it through tax dodges in the 1990s.

"Most of the horrors of this administration won't change my life. I'm protected by the color of my skin, by my privilege, my immigration status… while I find this incredibly rough [for all of us]… I know that it's not rough for me… I need to stand up."

Hillary Clinton addresses Kavanaugh's hysterical claim, he didn't do anything wrong the Clintons framed Kavanaugh with his own high school yearbook, his friends, his binge drinking & his sexual assaults!

>> @SBG1 on the Supreme Court battle: "If not for rigorous, independent, investigative reporting by The Washington Post, The New Yorker and other news outlets, we wouldn't be having this conversation right now." https://t.co/LkwqSETTww